Traffic, Signs and Street Lighting

The safety of pedestrians, cyclists and electric scooter users of all ages is a constant concern for all Townies. Over the past few years, we have deployed a number of traffic calming measures to reduce speed and cut down on thru traffic, thus facilitating the cohabitation of all road users. It should be noted that the specific characteristics of our residential street network, such as its narrowness and geometry, limit the viability of some of the solutions implemented in other municipalities. It is in this context that the Town has implemented several solutions adapted to local realities. 

Among the actions taken to make residential streets safer:

• Addition of several speed humps (elongated speed bumps) on various streets in the Town. See the complete map of their locations. 
• Addition of pavement narrowing protrusions on various streets; 
• Permanent speed flashers installed on various streets and arteries;
• Portable speed flashers for targeted awareness campaigns on certain problematic street sections;
• Live radar operations in the vicinity of the Town's elementary schools - A collaboration between the TMR Public Security and the SPVM. More details here. 
• Limited access to Kindersley near Carlyle School during school start and end times;
• * Security around Mount Royal High School at Churchill and Glencoe intersections;
• * Standardization of 30 km/h speed limit zones;
• * Pedestrian priority lights added at Trenton and Rockland and on Laird at Saint-Joseph Church; 
• Addition of a pedestrian priority light on Lucerne at Lanark;
• Installation of a fence to secure pedestrian crossings in the central mall at Rockland, and in the central mall at Graham downtown; 
• Addition of a flashing pedestrian right-of-way stop sign at Lombard and Laird Crescent;
• Addition of a flashing pedestrian right-of-way stop on Graham in front of the Country Club;
• Intelligent traffic light project to improve Town centre traffic flow;
• Optimization of traffic lights at Mitchell and Lucerne ;
• Optimization of traffic lights at Clyde and Jean-Talon;
• Pilot project at Laird / Caledonia and Graham / Lazard intersections to reduce thru traffic;  
• Addition of mandatory stops on Graham at Lazard, Graham at Simcoe, and Clyde at Dunbar;
• * Revision of Kindersley / Norway intersection on Lucerne; 
• Reconfiguration of lane geometry around Dakin Park;
• * Installation of sidewalks and protected bike lanes at Station Square;  
• * Implementation of a safer, protected bicycle network;
• Reconfiguration of St. Clare's northern approach to Kindersley Park; 
• "Slow down” poster campaigns on boulevard signs and in local media;
• Addition of “Attention à nos enfants” and “Ralentissez” signs in various residential areas. 

In conclusion, the Town is continuing its efforts in collaboration with specialists to find other solutions and actions to improve the safety and quality of life of residents.

* Actions to be completed in 2025

Are you planning work on your property that will involve occupation of public property by vehicles or machinery? Please notify us by applying for a permit to occupy or temporarily obstruct public property.

For more details, consult the leaflet below:

Occupation of public property

Town of Mount Royal regularly receives requests to have speed humps installed midway between two intersections.

These requests typically come from residents concerned about the safety of their young children. However, kids can be found on all the Town’s residential streets and, while speed humps do help reduce the average speed of traffic on streets, they also have a number of disadvantages.

Balancing the advantages with the disadvantages, our policy sets out the conditions and procedures whereby a limited number of speed humps can be installed on the Town’s streets. You can now consult the map of existing speed humps and raised intersections in the Town of Mount Royal, as well as those planned for 2024.

If your property is located on a street corner, you should pay special attention to the height of your flowers and shrubs located near the sidewalk.

“On a corner lot, a space in the form of a triangle shall be required at the intersection of the edge of the street lines, in which all construction, work, planning or planting higher than 75cm (29½ inches) shall be prohibited to assure visibility at the crossroads. This height is measured from the average height of the adjacent sidewalk.” (By-law No. 1441 Concerning Zoning), Articles 270-271)

We do our best to ensure that the streets in Town of Mount Royal are properly lit at all times. However, it is possible on occasion that a bulb needs to be replaced or that a lamppost requires some other kind of intervention on our part and that residents would be the first to notice it.

Should that be the case, please let us know by contacting Public Works (contact details below).